Village Hotel & Leisure Club
✓ Hotel combined with full leisure and wellness club on site
Ashton-under-Lyne
Museums & Galleries · Peak District
Portland Basin Museum
📍 OL7 0QA
Photo: Renata (talk) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- Step back in time on a 1920s street
- Explore industrial heritage, mining and farm life
- Nuts and Bolts play area for under-5s
- Walking and cycling routes starting from the museum
- Canal boat trips available nearby
Museum in Ashton-under-Lyne, England, UK
Practical details
- Open
- Tuesdays to Sundays, 10am-4pm, closed Mondays except Bank Holidays
- Parking
- Free car park with disabled parking spaces, can get busy on event days
- Dogs
- Not allowed except assistance dogs
- Accessibility
- Fully accessible, though the cobbled car park may require support for wheelchair users
- Booking
- Group visits and guided tours can be booked by phone
From the attraction's own website on 5 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Cafe
- ✓ Playground
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Baby Changing
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Picnic Area
- ✓ Parking
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🚆 Or come by train
- Ashton-Under-Lyne 0.6 miles
- Guide Bridge 0.8 miles
- Hyde North 1.4 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page